Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-29
GAY BADEN-BAoEN.
What an Iowa Girl Saw at the German
Watering Place.

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enter this lovely watering-place is the
s'unbusiness" like tone and its entire
abandon to pleasure and leisure. 1t is
surrounded on three sides by mount
airs that form part of the Black Forest
mountain range, while through the
town itself runs the Oos-a clear, pei
lucid stream, which sparkles and dances
on its way in n very unaristocratic
manner, showing the rocks and pebbles
on the bed beneath. 1t runs all the
way to Lichtenthaler, a suburb along
the Lichtenthaler alice. on both sides
of watch are elegant villas. On the
left side, and the one on which the
river is situated, are stone stairs Lead
ing from the large lawns and gardens
In front of the villas to the waters
edge, putting one in mind of the pic
lures of the stone steps leading from
PharaOh's palace to the Nile, while
every little distance a bridge connects
"a viIlawith the promenade. This alice
rs the -'swell'' promenade and drive,
and every evening every body comes
out in his Sunday best," and all the
nabobs in their equipages with liveried
footmen and coachmen roll along p0mp-
ously under the rows of stately old
trees bordering the carriage path.
Later in the evening the promenade in
sront of the Kursaal is the favOrfte re-
sort In Lichtenthal there is the love
hest old cloister dating from the thir-
teenth century; with Inscriptions on the
outside concerning the dead buried I'M
der the convent. The Sunday after
. noon we were there we found such an
ideal cloister-lGke charm aboutithe place
that before we realized it we had fallen
quite in love with it all, and
we determined that if ever we got strong
enough to entirely forego the tempta-
tons of the world we would be nothing
else but nun in the Lichtenthaler
cloister. trom the Cecilianberg, which
rises behind the convent, we had an ex-
cellent view of Baden and the adjoin-
ing country. In Baden-Baden the chief
point of interest is the Kursaal, which
has large pOrtico, supported by Corin-
THAN pillars. The interior consists of
one large central hall, with number of
smaller rooms, some of which were for
merly used as gambling rooms until it
was declared forbidden. The frescoing
and furnishing are superb, and the eff
feet of the soft light falling from the
exquisite candelabra at night must be
seen to be fully appreciated. A fine
band plays on the promenade IN front
of the Kuusaal three times daily, and no
admission is charged, except for the
evening concert; but it is fully worth
the money, if it were only to see the
people of all nationalities pass and re-
pass. No less than fifty thousand peo-
pie visit this place yearly. Never did l
gaze ON an EngIishman there without
thinking of the incident that occurred
on the ship coming over. On board
was Il young New Yorker who was for
ever playing all sorts of practical jokes.
Among the Plymouth passengers who
came on the vessel was a very stiff
Englishman, who looked as though he
had swallowed liberal supply of ram
rods before starting. Naturally, every
body was standing around, gazing on
in idle curiosity; the New York young
man, though, foremost of all. Of course
the minute he spotted the Englishman
he saw his chance, and with wicked
look in his eyes he showed his hat to one
side and greeted the Englishmani in the
most familiar tones, saying: "Ah,
hello! kow's the old galP'' For very
establishment, the former gasped:
''WhatP7' Unabashed, the New York
young man reiterated: 1.-The old gal,
don't you know-God shave the
Queenr' Uninterrupted the climax, and
. am convinced once for all, if looks
could really consume, there would
have been but a grease spot left to
warn all future jokers of the sad fate
of the giday young New Yorker. The
Trink-Halle "a little distance from the
Kursaal, is a large hall or portico con-
tanning freseoes representing n dozen
ov so of the legends of the Black For
est. Every morning large numbers OF
people come for the purpose of hearing
the music and drinking the mineral
water. The latter is any thing but
agreeable TO the taste, and has flavor
of dissolved India rubber.
The walk up the mountains to the
lAlte Schloss leads through whole for
tests of large 'eVergreens and emit a
most delicate incense, especially when
the suns rays strike them The view
ifrem this old ruin is so good that in
q, clear weather@ne may see to Strasburg
on~one side and Spires on the other,
while below lies Baden-Baden with its
enVirons, and beyond the 'tblne mount
aims glow in the SUMS golden light. ~
The New Schioss is the summer resi-
'dence of the Grosherzog, and from our
window we could see, plainly, the flag
aEaving over the castle, indicating his
presence therefor. Keoku6 [IaJ
Constitution.